The NBA Finals are over, and this is the time to say that the Knicks’ real season has begun. That, however, would be disingenuous. The Knicks have been putting in work to get ready for this offseason, this free agency period, for a while. The last five days, though, have been a blur as two stars have gone down in successive games with major injuries.

The question now is what it means for this summer. Both Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson will be free agents. Durant has been a target for months but had surgery this week on his torn right Achilles. That leaves the Knicks with an interesting question: Should they still go hard after Durant?

It is a question of a risk management and how much of it to take on. It’s not about asking whether Durant will ever return to his lofty standards but what happens if he doesn’t. And it’s about whether the Knicks should take him on anyway.